Sales,
Infant
A baby was born to Mr. & Mrs. Sales Sunday, only lived four hours and was laid to rest in
Grace Cemetery.
Lauderdale County Enterprise, Friday February 27th,1925

RIPLEY -
Benjamin F. Sanderson, 81, retired farmer, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial
Hospital East in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Garner Funeral Home with burial
in Grace Cemetery. He was a World War II Marine veteran. Mr. Sanderson, the husband of Louise
Vaughn Sanderson, also leaves two daughters, Daisy Wallace of Manteca, Calif., and Angel Combs
of Booneville, Calif.; three sons, Ernie Sanderson of Cloverdale, Calif., Benjamin Sanderson
Jr. of Hartville, Mo., and Carl Sanderson of Indiana; four stepdaughters, Lavon Goodman of Henning,
and Eunice Lumley, Lillian Smith and Johnnie Kirby, all of Ripley; two stepsons, William Geary
of Ripley and Van Geary of Gates, 11 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 28, 1993

Mrs. Callie
Frances Kennedy Sandlin, 58, of Nut Bush, died Saturday at her home. Services
were Sunday in Grace Baptist Church, burial in Church Cemetery. She leaves her husband, Joe
C. SANDLIN; her son, Larry SANDLIN, of Nut Bush; her brother, John KENNEDY; and her sister,
Mrs. A. T. BROWN, both of Ripley.

RIPLEY - Billy Earl
Sanford, 59, factory worker at Universal Electric, died of cancer Sunday at Methodist Hospital
North in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace
Cemetery. He was an Army veteran. He leaves two brothers, Ralph Sanford and David Sanford, both
of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 16, 1999

RIPLEY -- Dixie Cordelia Sanford,
82, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at
Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. Mrs. Sanford, the widow of John
Lewis 'Bill' Sanford, leaves three sons, Ralph Sanford, Billy Sanford and David Sanford, and
a sister, Eva Glenn Hathcock, all of Ripley, and a grandson.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 16, 1994

RIPLEY - Irene Savage,
93, retired sales clerk, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Garner
Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She attended Grace Baptist Church. Mrs. Savage,
the widow of William Roy Savage, leaves four daughters, Shirley Ragland of Hermitage, Kay Langley
of Brownsville, and Peggy Reviere and Janet Oates, both of Ripley; two sons, Don Savage of Ripley
and Danny Savage of Henning; two sisters, Eddie Lou Kelley and Bessie McCoy, both of Ripley,
17 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 21, 2003

RIPLEY - Odis R. Scoggins,
67, retired construction superintendent, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m.
Saturday at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a Korean War Navy veteran
and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and Carpenters Union Local 345. Mr. Scoggins, the widower
of Pat Walding Scoggins, leaves a daughter, Phyllis Scoggins Schwinn of Odell, Ill.; two stepsons,
James S. Haywood Jr. of Brownsville and Scott Dill of Ripley; five sisters, Naomi Scoggins Ray
and Beauton Scoggins Matthews, both of Ripley, Louise Scoggins Houseal and Beckie Scoggins Bennett,
both of Memphis, and Charlotte Scoggins Vaughan of Fulton, Ky.; a brother, D. Miller Crowder
of Louisville, Ky., four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 30, 2003

RIPLEY - Patricia
Ann Scoggins, 64, owner of Scoggins Collectibles Antique Shop, died of cancer
Thursday in Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial
in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of Mary's Chapel Baptist Church and Veterans of Foreign
Wars Ladies Auxiliary. Mrs. Scoggins, the wife of Odis Scoggins, also leaves two sons, James
S. Haywood Jr. of Brownsville and Maxwell Scott Dill of Ripley; a brother, Jimmy Walding of
Ripley, and three grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 9, 2000

RIPLEY - Jessie
Dalton Shands Jr., 76, retired factory worker, died of cancer Sunday at Baptist
Memorial Hospital-Union City. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Garner Funeral Home with
burial in Grace Cemetery. He was an Air Force veteran and a member of Central Assembly of God
Church. Mr. Shands, the husband of Dotsy Jo Kelly Shands, also leaves two daughters, Donna Smith
and Janice McCloud and a son, Kelly Ray, all of Ripley; a sister, Iva Jewell Shands Newton of
Martin; a brother, Bernice Shands of Plantersville, Miss., and four grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 18, 1998

RIPLEY - Norman Shands,
91, retired farmer, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services
will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley.
Mr. Shands leaves four daughters, Ruth Cone of Gates, Myrtle Poe of Ripley, Ira Jane Binkley
of Tacoma, Wash., and Yvonne Dowell of South Elgin, Ill.; four sons, James Robert Shands of
Northlake, Ill., Riley Shands of Wauconda, Ill., and Roy Shands and Louis Shands, both of Memphis;
three sisters, Thelma Goodwin, Era Smith and Ethel Pankey, all of Ripley; a brother, Luther
Shands of Halls, 31 grandchildren, 49 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 8, 1993

RIPLEY -
Nathalene Langley Singleton, 63, of Memphis, formerly of Ripley, personnel
secretary for Sears, Roebuck and Co., died Wednesday at Methodist Hospital North in Memphis
after a heart attack. Services were Saturday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery
near here. She was a member of First Assembly of God in Memphis. Mrs. Singleton, the wife of
Porter Singleton, also leaves a daughter, Penne Nelson of Memphis; a son, Stephen Singleton
of Atlanta; a sister, Lena Cutrer of Palatka, Fla., and a grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 15, 1996

RIPLEY - Ida Sorrelle,
85, of Rockwall, Texas, formerly of Ripley, retired sales clerk, died Monday at Lake Point Medical
Center in Rockwall. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Grace Baptist Church with burial in
the church cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Curve Baptist Church.
Mrs. Sorrelle leaves a son, Dugan Pennington of Rockwall; two sisters, Nell Long of Arlington
and Marguerite Meade of Ripley; four brothers, Elvis Cannon and L. C. Cannon, both of Halls,
Jim Cannon of Millington and Val Cannon of Brownsville, four grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren
and a great- great-grandson.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 21, 1992

Richard Wardell
Sorrell, son of Mr. and Mrs. O.D. Sorrell of Dry Hill,
died Sunday, Nov. 14, 1926, age 13 years, from complications of whooping cough, pneumonia and
colitis. Just in the bloom of youth, when the joys of life seem to multiply so rapidly, alas!
came the grim reaper, Death, who is no respecter of person. He leaves father, mother, two sisters,
eight brothers, graadmotber, and a host of relatives. And to add sadness to sorrow, the father
and five of the children are confined to their beds. May the Lord and people remember this home
in a substantial manner. Remains of the deceased were interred in Grace Cemetery the following
day. Services were conducted by Dr. L. O. Leavell of Ripley. A Friend. ENTERPRISE Friday November
19, 1926

RIPLEY - Brandon
Jerome Spray, 16, student at Ripley High School, died Friday at Baptist Memorial
Hospital-Lauderdale of injuries received in an auto accident. Services will be at 2 p.m. today
at Mary's Chapel Church, where he was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. Garner
Funeral Home has charge. He also leaves his mother and stepfather, Sandra and Bobby Crihfield
Jr.; a sister, Angela Williams, and his grandparents, J.C. and Maggie Spray and Vern and Evelyn
Green, all of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 21, 1999

RIPLEY - J. C. Spray,
91, farmer, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 10:30
a.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. Mr. Spray, the husband of Maggie
Sue Smith Spray, also leaves five daughters, Annie Sue Beasley and Nona Broglin, both of Ripley,
Virginia Wilkerson and Mary Beasley, both of Dyersburg, and Cheryl Dickhaus of Bonne Terre,
Mo.; two sons, Hugh William Spray of Munford and Jim Spray of Ripley, 10 grandchildren and 18
great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 26, 2003

RIPLEY - Johnny Wayne
Spray, 54, died of heart failure Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East
in Memphis. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace
Cemetery. He was a member of Salem Baptist Church. He leaves two daughters, Jennifer Spurlock
and Amy Spray; a son, Kevin Spray, and his parents, J. C. and Maggie Spray, all of Ripley; five
sisters, Cheryl Dickhaus of Missouri, Virginia Wilderson and Mary Beasley, both of Dyersburg,
and Sue Beasley and Nona Broglin, both of Ripley; two brothers, Willie Spray of Munford and
Jimmy Spray of Ripley, and six grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 7, 1998

RIPLEY - Maggie Sue
Spray, 87, homemaker, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was
a member of Walnut Grove Baptist Church. Mrs. Spray, the widow of J. C. Spray, leaves five daughters,
Annie Sue Beasley and Nona Broglin, both of Ripley, Virginia Wilkerson and Mary Beasley, both
of Dyersburg, and Cheryl Dickhaus of Bonne Terre, Mo.; two sons, Hugh William Spray of Munford
and Jim Spray of Ripley, 13 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 27, 2003

RIPLEY - William
Kevin Spray, 28, died of lung disease Sunday at UT Bowld Hospital in Memphis.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. Mr.
Spray, the husband of Michelle June Spray, also leaves a daughter, Amber Nicole Spray of Muscle
Shoals, Ala., and his mother, Peggy Spray; two sisters, Jennifer Spurlock and Amy Spray, and
his grandparents, J. C. and Maggie Spray, all of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 16, 1999

RIPLEY - Mrs. Rose Stanley,
62, of Curve, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis after a long illness. Services
will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls First United Methodist Church, where she was a member, with
burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. Halls Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Stanley, the wife
of Wallace Stanley, also leaves four daughters, Mrs. Linda Weeks of Curve, Mrs. Vickie Arbuckle-Williams
of Charlottesville, Va., Mrs. Peggy Froeschauer of Nashville and Mrs. Kathy Toolen of Houston;
two sisters, Mrs. Doris Henderson of Halls and Mrs. Joan Parks of Nutbush; a brother, Glynn
Turner of Memphis, and eight grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 21, 1990

RIPLEY - Wallace Stanley,
78, retired from the Marine Corps after 28 years, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Archers Chapel United Methodist Church with burial in Grace
Cemetery. Halls Funeral Hoe has charge. He was a World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War Marine
Corps veteran, Purple Heart, National Defense medal and Vietnam Service medal recipient, president
of Brownsville District of United Methodist Church and lay leader in Brownsville and Dyersburg.
Mr. Stanley, the husband of La Quinta Matthews Stanley, also leaves four daughters, Linda Weeks
of Tennessee, Vickie Williams of Blacksburg, Va., Kathy Toolan of Houston and Peggy Nelson of
Fort Smith, Ark.; a sister, Mary Coleen Jackson of Homewood, Ill.; a brother, William L. Stanley
of Ripley, 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials
be sent to Archers Chapel United Methodist Church, Star Center for the Blind in Jackson or a
charity of the donor's choice.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 25, 2004

Alice A. Stillwell
Mrs. Mary Alice Midyett Stillwell, 69, of Edith, died at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday of last week. Services
were at 2 p.m. last Friday in Edith Methodist Church, of which she was a member. Burial was
in Grace Cemetery, Ripley Funeral Home in charge. Born near Halls, she was a lifelong resident
of Lauderdale County. She leaves her husband, Harvey STILLWELL; her son, Dorman BEARD, of Ripley;
her daughter, Mrs. J. D. McNEIL, of Gates; Her sisters, Mrs. Maggie FLOWERS, of Memphis, and
Mrs. Mattie WILLIAMS, of Blytheville, Ark.; and seven grandchildren.
Lauderdale County Enterprise FRIDAY APRIL 12, 1968

RIPLEY - Agnes Sutton,
85, retired nurses assistant, died Saturday at Ripley Healthcare and Rehab. Services will be
at 11 a.m. Thursday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of
Ripley Church of Christ. Mrs. Sutton, the widow of W. F. Sutton, leaves two daughters, Patricia
Ostendorff of Walterboro, S.C., and Pamela Dowty of Murray, Ky.; two sons, Ronnie Sutton of
Camby, Ind., and Mike Sutton of Ripley; four sisters, Georgia Campbell and Frances Shields,
both of Ripley, and Pansy Wilson and Louise Lewis, both of Memphis; two brothers, Ed Hutcherson
and James Hutcherson, both of Ripley, seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 9, 2002

RIPLEY - Mrs. Lillian
H. Sutton, 69, of Slidell, La., formerly of Ripley, died Saturday at Slidell
Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial
in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. Mrs. Sutton, widow of Robert W. Sutton, leaves three daughters,
Mrs. Jacquelyn Boyd and Mrs. Lynne Ross, both of Slidell, and Mrs. Debra Hammond of Dyersburg;
a son, Robert W. Sutton Jr. of Charleston, S.C., and six grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 11, 1991

RIPLEY - O. R. 'Jack' Taylor,
74, retired teacher, died of pneumonia Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services
will be at 11 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church in Ripley, where he was a deacon, with burial
in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Ripley Rotary Club. Mr.
Taylor, the widower of Martha Jane Taylor, leaves two sons, David Taylor of Smyrna and Phil
Taylor of Old Hickory; a brother, Sammy Taylor of Senatobia, and five grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 20, 1998

Eddie L. Thompson,
69, died Tuesday in Crittenden County Hospital in West Memphis, Ark., after long illness. Services
were Wednesday in Citizens Funeral Home in west Memphis, burial in Grace Cemetery here. He was
a retired employee of Mallory Air Force Depot in Memphis, and a former Memphis firefighter.
He leaves his brothers, W. G. THOMPSON and "Red" THOMPSON, both of Ripley and J. P.
THOMPSON, of West Memphis; sisters, Mrs. A. L. HAMMETT, of West Memphis and Mrs. J. C. CARTER,
of Millington.
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 1968

RIPLEY - Elvie Irene
Tucker, 90, retired cook, died Sunday at Ripley Healthcare & Rehabilitation
Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery.
She was a member of Grace Baptist Church. Mrs. Tucker, the widow of Lonnie Jefferson Tucker,
leaves a daughter, Dianne Wray of Halls; two sons, Edward Tucker of Ripley and Danny Tucker
of Murfreesboro, 13 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 24, 2004

Mrs. Mattie Tucker,
87, of Ripley, died at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Lauderdale County Hospital. Services were at 2
p.m. Monday in Grace Baptist Church. Burial was in the church cemetery, with Ripley Funeral
Home in charge. She leaves three sons, Lonnie Tucker, James Tucker, and Joseph Lewis Tucker,
all of Ripley; a daughter, Mrs. Lorene Estelle Sanderson, of Ripley; and two brothers, Dewey
Newman, of Memphis, and Andrew Newman, of California.
The Halls Graphic
Halls Tennessee, Friday, March 17, 1972

Benjamin Rozelle
Turner, farmer of the Curve Community, died at 11:15 Monday night at Lauderdale
County Hospital after a heart attack. He was 59. Services will be held at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon
at Curve Methodist Church. The Rev. Phillip Holtsford will officiate. Burial will be in Grace
Cemetery near Ripley with Garner’s Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Turner was born near Flippin,
Tenn. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Lula Vaden Turner; a son, Glenn Turner of Memphis; three daughters,
Mrs. Rose Stanley of Havelock, N. C., Mrs. Doris Camp, of Halls, Tenn., and Mrs. Joan Turner
of Curve; a sister, Mrs. Emma Sue Simmons of Halls; and either grandchildren
Ripley Tenn., July 22 1958

Lula Pearl Turner
Mrs. Lula Vaden Turner, widow of Rozelle Turner, farmer, of Curve, died at 9:20 p.m. Tuesday
in Lauderdale County Hospital, where she had been four months. She was 61. Services were at
2:30 p.m. Thursday at Curve Methodist Church, of which she was a member. The Rev. Charles Yancy
officiated. Burial was in Grace Cemetery. Born in Haywood County, she spent most of her life
in Lauderdale. She is a daughter of Mrs. Ada Vaden, of Curve, and the late Jasper Vaden. She
leaves her mother; one son, Glenn Turner, of Memphis; three daughters, Mrs. Wallace Stanley,
of Hawaii, Mrs. Eddie Camp, of Halls, and Mrs. Terry Wayne Parks, of Brownsville; three brothers,
Clyde Vaden, of Leland, Miss., Charlie Vaden, of Forked Deer, and Wheeler Vaden, of Curve; and
eleven grandchildren.

RIPLEY - John Ralph
Underwood, 76, retired electrician, died of cancer Tuesday at his home. Services
will be at 2 p.m. today at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a member
of Maranatha Baptist Church and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. He was a World
War II Navy veteran. Mr. Underwood, the husband of Othoniel Kirby Underwood, also leaves two
daughters, Johnnie Underwood Kunst of Poynette, Wis., and Bonnie Underwood Johnson of Memphis;
a son, Gregory Ralph Underwood of Falkner, Miss.; two sisters, Ruth Kelley of Monticello, Ark.,
and Betty Lea of Brownsville; two brothers, Edward Underwood of Whittier, Calif., and Rhea Underwood
of Phoenix, and seven grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 2, 1998

L. C. Vaughn
Vaughn, Luther
b 28 Sep 1879 --- d 7 Nov 1926
father Jim Vaughn; mother Hargett
cemetery Grace
farmer; married
Burgess & Peters Funeral HomeThe body of Luther Vaughn was found Sunday
night between Gold Dust and Plum Point on the Mississippi River. The supposition is that he
was waylaid, robbed and murdered, as it was found that he had a hole in the side of his head
above the right ear and right side crushed and several ribs broken. Vaughn lived in Blytheville,
Ark. but had been in Lauderdale County about a month picking cotton. He is a son of the late
Jim Vaughn of Central, this county, and a brother of Walter Vaughn, of Gates. He was married
and was 47years of age. The body was brought here Tuesday and buried at Grace Cemetery.
ENTERPRISE Friday November 12, 1926

RIPLEY -- Bessie
Cleo Vickery, 92, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services
will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley.
Mrs. Vickery, the widow of Glennie Vickery, leaves a son, Bremon Helton of Ripley, six grandchildren
and eight great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 7, 1994

RIPLEY - Murray
McDaniel Voss, 79, retired employee of White Rose Industrial, died of heart
failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at
Grace Baptist Church with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home in Ripley has charge.
He was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church and Normal Masonic Lodge in Memphis. Mr. Voss, the
husband of Ona Webb Voss, also leaves two daughters, Joyce Dempsey of Millington and Debbie
Neill of Somerville; a son, Jim Voss of Somerville; a sister, Dorothy O. Bumpas of Collierville,
10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 19, 1999

RIPLEY - Jimmy Walding,
64, painter, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was an Air Force veteran
and member of Mary's Chapel Baptist Church. He leaves a son, Jay Walding, and a stepbrother,
Tommy Dew, both of Ripley, and three granddaughters.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 5, 2004

HALLS - Ethel Leona
Watts, 87, homemaker, died Monday at Oakwood Manor in Dyersburg. Services will
be at 3 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. She was
a member of Halls Church of Christ. Mrs. Watts, the widow of Raymond Watts, leaves two daughters,
Molly Kelly of Halls and Barbara Rea of Eads, six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 15, 2003

HALLS - Raymond Watts,
85, retired farmer and security guard, died of diabetes Tuesday at Oakwood Manor in Dyersburg.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley.
He was a member of Halls Church of Christ. Mr. Watts, the husband of Ethel King Watts, also
leaves two daughters, Mollie Kelly of Halls and Barbara Rea of Eads, six grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 13, 2000

RIPLEY - Harold
Franklin Weaver, 70, retired Coast Guard veteran, died Sunday at Heartland
of Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery.
He was a member of New Hope Methodist Church. He leaves a brother, Melvin Weaver of Tullahoma.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 9, 2003

RIPLEY - Harrison
Cooper Weaver, 90, retired farmer, died of heart failure Monday at Ripley Healthcare
and Rehabilitation. Services will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Central Assembly of God, where he
was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. He was a World
War II veteran. Mr. Weaver, the husband of Mary K. Arwood Weaver, also leaves two sons, DeWayne
Weaver of Ripley and Dennis Weaver of Curve; a sister, Geraldine Chipman of Ripley; a brother,
Louis Weaver ofCovington, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 8, 2000

RIPLEY - Hiram Weaver,
89, retired clerk for Drake Brothers, died Monday at Covington Manor Nursing Home in Covington.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near
Ripley. He was a member of New Hope United Methodist Church. Weaver, the widower of Teenie Weaver,
leaves three sons, Harold Weaver and Larry Weaver, both of Memphis, and Melvin Weaver of Tullahoma;
a sister, Mrs. Elsie Halfacre of Ripley; two brothers, O'Neal Weaver of Ripley and Herman Weaver
of Jackson, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 24, 1990

RIPLEY - Larry L. Weaver,
58, of Memphis, formerly of Ripley, respiratory therapist, died of cancer Tuesday at Baptist
Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Garner Funeral Home with
burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. He leaves two brothers,
Melvin Weaver of Tullahoma and Harold F. Weaver of Memphis.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 16, 1997

Halls - Mary W. Weaver,
92, cook and former employee of Western State Hospital, died Sunday at her home. Services will
be at 2 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. She was
a member of Central New Hope Methodist Church. Mrs. Weaver, the widow of Raymond Weaver, leaves
a daughter, Joyce Manuel of Halls; four sisters, Gertie Matthews of South Fulton, Lois Wright
of Memphis, Joyce Avery of Millington and Cora Carroll of Ashland, Miss., two grandchildren,
three great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials
be sent to Bethesda United Methodist Church.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 15, 2005

STONWALL--The remains of
Mr. James Webb, 18, were brought from Ridgely Monday and buried in Grace Cemetery
The Lauderdale County Enterprise, Friday April 29, 1932

Lackey Webb
RIPLEY - James William Lackey Webb, 84, retired truck driver for Lauderdale County, died Sunday
at Lauderdale County Health Care Center after a stroke. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at
Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. Mr. Webb, the widower of Beulah
Apperson Webb, leaves a son, Billy Jo Webb of Ripley; a sister, Juanita Dailey of Memphis, four
granddchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 16, 1996

RIPLEY - Lottie Mai Webb,
89, homemaker, died of heart failure Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services
will be at 2 p.m. today at Macedonia Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in
Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Webb, the widow of Perry Webb, leaves a
daughter, Katie Missildine, and a son, H. P. Webb, both of Ripley; three brothers, A. C. Williams
of Jonesboro, Ark., Jack Williams of Albuquerque, N.M., and Lloyd Williams of Ocean Springs,
Miss., five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 25, 2000

Michael Eugene Webb,
21-month-old son of Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Eugene Webb, of Ripley, died at 3:50 p.m. Aug. 5th
in LeBonheur Hospital in Memphis. Services were at 2 p.m. August 7th in Ripley Funeral Home,
with burial in Grace Cemetery. He also leaves his sister, Stacy White, of Ripley; his grandparents,
Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Webb and Mr. & Mrs.Charles Hutcherson, of Ripley, and his great-grandparents,
Freeman Midyett and Mrs. Irene Hutcherson, of Ripley; Mr. & Mrs. L. B. Webb, of Halls and
Mrs. Nora Bradford, of Grenada, Miss. Year 1977

RIPLEY - Ara Sue Webb
Wilson, 91, retired secretary for the chief engineer at The Peabody, died of
heart failure Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 2
p.m. today at Grace Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner
Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Wilson, the widow of Leamon Wilson, leaves two sisters, Lady Webb
Durham and Ona Webb Voss, and a brother, Parnell Webb, all of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 2, 2001

RIPLEY - Leamon W. Wilson,
84, of Ripley, formerly of Memphis, retired upholsterer, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Grace Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial
in the church cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Masonic Lodge No.
772. Mr. Wilson, the husband of Sue Webb Wilson, also leaves a nephew and three nieces.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 27, 1992

RIPLEY - Lucy D. Young,
98, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Lauderdale after a long illness. Services will
be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. She
was a member of Grace Baptist Church near here. Mrs. Young, the widow of Gus T. Young, leaves
a daughter, Lady B. Randle of Ripley; a foster brother, Van Crihfield of Ripley, a grandchild,
two great-grandchildren and a great-great- grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 1, 1992